Round 1

Yahya goes straight at Bedford with a huge overhand right that
forces the American to move backward. Another right hand scores for
Yahya before he shoots for a takedown. Bedford stuffs the takedown
and lands an illegal soccer kick, but Yahya recovers quickly and
rushes right back into Bedford’s face. This time, Yahya completes
the takedown and then pulls guard to attempt a guillotine choke
with his right arm. Bedford postures up and stays completely still,
slowly trying to slip his head out on the near side. Bedford’s neck
is clear but Yahya’s still got a hand under his jaw, keeping
Bedford in place. Midway through the round, Bedford stands over
Yahya to drop a couple punches, an elbow and a punch to the body.
Yahya sits up, traps one of Bedford’s arms and begins hunting for
another guillotine from butterfly guard. Bedford invites Yahya to
stand with 1:45 on the clock. Another long shot from Yahya yields a
guillotine attempt from Bedford, but Yahya turns to his back to
escape danger. Yahya finishes the round on the bottom, looking for
an armbar.

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Yahya tapped out Bedford.

Yahya gets another quick takedown and pushes Bedford to the fence,
where Bedford is able to stand and sprawl on Yahya’s continued
double-leg attempt. Yahya uses a leglock to sweep and leans right
to left across Bedford’s body in half guard, then tries a kimura on
Bedford’s left arm as he passes to straddle his head. Bedford bucks
and kicks his legs as Yahya cranks the arm, and he’s forced to tap
out.

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Round 1

Spencer drops Thiago with the first punch of the fight, a straight
right hand down the center. Spencer pounces and begins grinding
with short forearms from Thiago’s half guard, but the Brazilian is
able to recover and power back to his feet. The welterweights
clinch on the fence, exchanging positions until Thiago briefly
trips Spencer to the ground. Back up they come, Thiago holding the
outside position with an underhook, looking for a trip takedown.
Spencer reverses again, defends a guillotine, and now the fighters
separate. Spencer hits Thiago with another right hand, prompting
another clinch, but now Spencer lands on top as they tumble to the
ground. Thiago shrimps underneath with 80 seconds on the clock as
Spencer hits him with a couple elbows and then stands. Spencer
walks into a clipping right hand from Thiago before finishing the
round with an outside leg kick and another right hook.

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Round 2

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Spencer dominated Thiago.

Spencer closes in on Thiago near the fence to connect with yet
another right hand, a left hook follow-up and a kick to the body.
Thiago pulls guard and gets shoved against the base of the fence,
but he climbs back to his feet and digs for a single-leg takedown.
Thiago switches to a double-leg, then sits down when Spencer
threatens to hit the switch. With three minutes left in the round,
it’s Spencer on top, landing elbows to the side of Thiago’s head.
Right hands follow as Thiago shifts and rolls underneath, trying to
sweep while holding Spencer in half guard.

More elbows from Spencer open a cut near the right eye of Thiago,
who gives up his back as he rolls over. Spencer tries a rear-naked
choke with only one hook in, allowing Thiago to stand and sweep
into the American’s closed guard. Thiago advances to half guard in
the final 30 seconds, hugging Spencer against the cage. The
welterweights are back on their feet for the final 10 seconds of
the round, and Thiago fends off Spencer with a front kick.

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Round 3

Spencer walks straight at Thiago but is kept out of range as the
Brazilian threatens with uppercut counters. Thiago changes levels
and gets pushed against the fence by Spencer, who quickly backs out
to resume striking. There’s not much landing cleanly for either man
midway through the round, though Thiago gets around Spencer’s guard
with a left hook. “Black Magic” puts a kick on Thiago’s body, then
yanks his leg back to avoid a takedown after Thiago catches it.
Thiago’s back is pressed against the cage now, allowing Spencer to
mix it up with a body-head combination. Thiago swings with tired
arm punches, gets backed up to the fence again and eats a couple
jabs. A short left hand from Spencer picks off a wide overhand
right from Thiago as the fight enters its final minute. Spencer is
the busier man down the stretch, keeping his jab in Thiago’s face
and then backing up when Thiago tries bombing with some last-second
haymakers.

The Official Result

Round 1

The southpaws square off in the center, “Buscape” in a wide stance
on his back foot while Trinaldo comes forward swinging big hooks.
When Trinaldo gets into range, Silva wraps him up and drags him to
the ground. Trinaldo sits up with Silva in his half guard, then
drives forward to stand and push the “TUF” alum against the fence
with an underhook. Silva reverses, gets turned around again and
throws up a knee guard to defend body shots. Referee Mario Yamasaki
separates the lightweights halfway through the round. Silva gets
through with an overhand left, but Trinaldo is still coming forward
throwing bombs. Trinaldo comes in behind a left high kick and pins
Silva against the cage again. Not much action in the final minute,
just Trinaldo holding his position on the fence. They tumble to the
ground in the closing seconds, and Trinaldo defends a guillotine to
finish the round on top.

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Round 2

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Trinaldo outpointed Silva.

Trinaldo backs Silva toward the fence with a left hand to the body,
but Silva gets hold of his countryman, spins to the back and gets a
hook in as they go to their knees. Trinaldo stands up, tries to
peel away Silva’s hands from the waistlock and does so. Silva keeps
him on the fence to land a knee to the body before pulling Trinaldo
back to the ground, this time moving straight to back mount. With
Trinaldo on his knees, Silva secures his hooks and begins hunting
for a rear-naked choke. Silva tries to snake his left arm around
Trinaldo’s neck but can’t get there as Trinaldo goes belly-down and
buries his chin to defend.

With 1:45 on the clock, Trinaldo sits up against the fence, Silva
still attached to his back. Silva briefly switches to full mount as
Trinaldo turns over, then loses a hook in the transition to back
mount, allowing Trinaldo to turn over again and take top position.
Trinaldo stands up and Silva does likewide, driving “Massaranduba”
to the ground with a double-leg and closing out the round by
threatening with another neck crank.

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Round 3

Trinaldo is pushing the action with forward motion and long punches
in the opening minute of the final round, but Silva is on his back
foot, avoiding any major damage. Silva takes a knee to the body and
shoots a double-leg, and Trinaldo surrenders the takedown to try a
guillotine which evaporates almost immediately. Trinaldo switches
to an omoplata, but Silva escapes this as well. The lightweights
come back to their feet, where Trinaldo tags Silva with a left hand
against the fence. Silva shoots a double, brings Trinaldo to the
ground, but Trinaldo gets a front headlock and stands up again.
Silva sees the next shot coming from Trinaldo and tries to pull
guard with a guillotine. Trinaldo slips right out and now sits in
side control with one minute remaining. Silva reclaims guard and
swings his legs around, maybe hunting for an armbar, but Trinaldo
stacks him up and finishes the fight on top.

The Official Result

Round 1

Sullivan presses forward on Araujo with straight punches, but the
Brazilian stays on his back foot early, fending off Sullivan with
long front kicks. Ninety seconds in, the welterweights clinch on
the fence, Araujo on the outside working for a trip takedown. He
gets Sullivan to the mat briefly, then keeps hold as they come back
to their feet. Sullivan hits a trip and comes down on top of
Araujo, who throws up his legs to attempt an armbar. Sullivan pulls
the limb loose and postures up to drop heavy right hands through
Araujo’s guard. Araujo uses his legs to elevate Sullivan, but the
American stays heavy and comes back to the ground to land more
right hands. Araujo sits up and tries a double-leg, then clings to
Sullivan’s waist and gets sat on. Sullivan drives a couple elbows
into Araujo’s legs before being swept underneath. The positions
change again just as quickly, Sullivan taking top and stacking up
Araujo to smash with forearms in the closing seconds.

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Round 2

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Sullivan put out Araujo's lights.

Sullivan moves around the outside and lobs straight punches at the
body of Araujo, who waits 40 seconds to close the gap and then
clinches up again. Sullivan trips his man to the ground near the
fence, but Araujo comes straight back up and keeps clinging to
Sullivan’s waist. Sullivan socks him in the face with a few right
hands before tripping to the canvas. From Araujo’s half guard,
Sullivan postures up and drops left hands. Araujo is getting lumped
up, sporting some damage around his left eye, and more right hands
from Sullivan won’t help the matter.

Sullivan pins Araujo’s head to the canvas and lands two more
thunderous right hands to knock him out cold.

The Official Result

Round 1

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Godofredo Pepey took out Johnson.

Not much action through the opening 90 seconds as both men feint
and probe with punches. Pepey lands the first good shot of the
contest with a straight right hand, and now the featherweights meet
in the center of the cage. Johnson shoots for a long takedown and
winds up holding Pepey on the fence with an underhook. Pepey breaks
loose midway through the round and whiffs on a high spinning-back
kick. Johnson lunges into range with a right cross that lands. He
doesn’t follow up, instead cocking the hand and stepping back while
Pepey inches forward.

When Pepey rushes in to strike, Johnson changes levels and floors
him with ease. Johnson stands with Pepey still attached to him
using a tight guard, and now Pepey turns it into a triangle armbar
as he’s slammed back to the ground. Johnson resists at first, but
when Pepey rolls to full mount with the submission locked in place,
the “Fly Boy” is forced to tap out.

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Round 1

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Andrade stopped Pacheco easily.

Pacheco sticks Andrade with a couple jabs off the bell, but Andrade
rushes through them to clinch up and throw the UFC newcomer to the
canvas. From half guard, Andrade sits up to hit Pacheco’s body with
left hands, then stands and comes back down in side control.
Andrade threatens with a loose guillotine as Pacheco shrimps
underneath, trying to sit up against the fence. Andrade stands
again to regain side control, nearly takes full mount but instead
moves to side control on the other side. A few hammer fists crack
Pacheco, but she gets one back by tagging the standing Andrade with
an upkick.

Andrade doesn’t like this, as she comes back to the ground and
begins pounding on Pacheco with more hammer fists. Andrade looks
for a brabo choke setup, can’t get it and stands up again. This
time, “Bate Estaca” comes down to Pacheco’s guard, passes to side
control and then grabs a guillotine as Pacheco sits up. Andrade
cranks the choke from the topside and elicits a tap from Pacheco.

The Official Result

Round 1

Alcantara comes out slugging for Doane, throwing heavy hooks that
chase the Hawaiian toward the fence, where Alcantara gets a quick
takedown. Alcantara is in back control about 30 seconds into the
fight, working for a rear-naked choke. “Marajo” softens up Doane
with some punches, tries the choke but can’t quite cinch it. Doane
sits out and turns over to push Alcantara against the cage, working
a waistlock into a takedown as he peels the Brazilian away from the
fence. Doane stands up and comes crashing down to hit Alcantara
with a hard right hand, stands again and this time comes down
gently into guard. Alcantara elevates and sweeps to stand with
about 70 seconds on the clock, but shortly thereafter, he hits
Doane with a knee to the groin. Doane recovers quickly and the
bantamweights get back to business. Doane changes levels to get
under some punches from Alcantara and brings the Brazilian down to
the mat. Alcantara finishes the round on his back, working for a
kimura.

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Round 2

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Alacantara got by a tough Doane.

Alcantara comes around Doane’s guard with a big left hook. Referee
Jerin Valel pauses the action momentarily to tell Alcantara to keep
a closed fist when extending his hand. Doane shoots for a
double-leg against the cage and gets stuffed by Alcantara, who
keeps a wide base to defend. The second effort from Doane yields a
takedown midway through the round. Alcantara throws up an omoplata
from underneath, but Doane escapes to set up in Alcantara’s closed
guard. The bantamweights are going blow-for-blow on the ground,
Doane landing short punches and forearms on top, while underneath
Alcantara swings
back with nice elbows.

At the one-minute mark, referee Valel brings the fighters back to
their feet. Doane is sporting a cut on the outside of his left eye.
Alcantara lands a couple hard punches that have Doane shooting for
a takedown in a hurry. Alcantara keeps it standing to slug Doane
with two huge, straight left hands, but Doane gets another takedown
just before time runs out.

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Round 3

Referee Valel calls for the doctor to inspect Doane’s eye, and the
Hawaiian is cleared to come out for the final round. Alcantara
opens with a swift body kick and loads up on his left hand, which
gets Doane to change levels and shoot. Doane winds up with
Alcantara in a front headlock, where he lands a knee to the head
just before Alcantara puts his hand on the canvas. With 3:45 on the
clock, Doane completes a takedown near the fence. Alcantara works
back to his feet but has to defend against a standing brabo choke.
The bantamweights go back to the ground, Alcantara slowly slipping
out of the choke and then standing up. Doane tries for a single-leg
but Alcantara is up now, with a wide base and a kimura setup on
Doane’s inside arm. Doane gets his takedown with just over one
minute to go and begins dropping short punches and elbows on
Alcantara’s face. Alcantara explodes to his feet with 25 seconds to
go and returns the favor with a double of his own to finish the
fight atop Doane.

The Official Result

Round 1

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Ponzinibbio blasted Marques.

Oliveira lands heavy leg kicks and pumps a stiff jab to keep
Ponzinibbio out of range as the welterweights fight near the fence.
Ponzinibbio keeps swinging and begins finding his mark with left
hands, including one on the jaw that wobbles “War Machine.”
Ponzinibbio smells blood and begins unloading with both hands,
bombing Oliveira with left hooks and straight rights until the
Brazilian crumbles to the ground. Referee Mario Yamasaki steps in
to halt the bout just as Oliveira wakes up to protest the
stoppage.

The Official Result

Round 1

Early tie-ups and exchanges between the lightweights yield lots of
deflected punches, then Escudero lands a chopping leg kicks and
Santos opts to clinch against the cage. Santos gets the takedown
away from the fence, looks to pass to full mount and gets elevated
by Escudero, who is doing well to stave off the jiu-jitsu expert
thus far. Santos settles for half guard and postures up to drive
some elbow strikes into Escudero’s face. With 90 seconds left in
the round, Escudero turns to his left and has to defend against a
back-take. Santos has his right hook secured but can’t sneak the
left in as Escudero’s leg is flush to the mat. Escudero absorbs
some hammer fists to the side of the head and gives Santos some
knees to the thigh. Santos finally secures the back with 30 seconds
on the clock, can’t get the rear-naked choke and finishes the round
trying an armbar.

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Round 2

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Santos' grappling set the pace.

Santos puts a step-through knee in Escudero’s breadbasket, then
steps back as Escudero throws hands to counter. Escudero gets
through with an overhand right, tries to step into the pocket but
backs out when the taller man feints. Santos sticks a jab, keeps
pumping it to keep Escudero out of the pocket, but Escudero gets
through with a right hook anyway. When Santos looks for another
takedown, Escudero turns him against the fence and lands a knee to
the body, then another overhand right. The next right hand sends
Santos to the mat, and Escudero stands over the Brazilian, kicking
at his legs until referee Jerin Valel orders him to stand.

Escudero ducks under a whipping high kick and cracks the black belt
with a right hand, a stiff jab. With one minute left, Escudero
reverses a takedown attempt and throws Santos to the ground for 20
seconds until Valel stands him up again.

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Round 3

Escudero backs up Santos with a front kick, slips into range and
tries to get hold of the Brazilian but has to wade back out. Santos
is active but pulling up short with jabs and kicks, and now
Escudero thuds a big overhand right off Santos’ tight guard.
Escudero presses forward, sidestepping a few high kicks from
Santos, who opts to change levels and drives Escudero to the ground
near the fence with about three minutes left in the fight. Thirty
seconds later, Santos has passed to full mount, then works to take
the back as Escudero turns over in a repeat of the opening round.
With 90 seconds to go, Santos secures the back as the lightweights
sit up against the cage. Escudero peels away the Nova Uniao
fighter’s hands to defend a rear-naked choke, but Santos has a body
triangle locked on and stays in position to try again. Escudero
keeps Santos’ right arm from going under his chin and punches over
his shoulder, then goes back to defending the RNC as time runs out.

The Official Result

Round 1

Hallmann opens with an outside leg kick, then gets knocked backward
with a big, blocked high kick from Tibau. The Brazilian rushes
forward, swinging heavy left hands at Hallmann before scoring a
takedown near the fence. Hallmann pops back to his feet, pressed
against the fence by Tibau’s underhooks, and now Tibau releases to
end a busy opening minute. Hallmann delivers a kick to the gut of
Tibau and presses forward to put a short right on the local
favorite’s chin. Tibau scores with a short left hook in the next
exchange and nearly tosses Hallmann to the ground. The Polish
fighter keeps his balance and comes back to clinch, but Tibau exits
with another short, hard left. Tibau tries a double-leg in the
center of the cage and drives Hallmann to the ground as they run
toward the fence. Hallmann is quickly back to his feet again,
pushing foward on Tibau to score with a kick and a knee to the
midsection. The lightweights tie up on the fence, Tibau on the
outside, and he manages another left hook before Hallmann pushes
him away. Hallmann lands down the center with a right hand, an
outside thigh kick, and continues pushing the action to end the
round.

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Round 2

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Tibau outpointed Hallmann.

Tibau cracks Hallmann with a spinning back fist early and then
dumps “Pletwal” to the mat near the fence. Hallmann is back on his
feet in seconds to reverse and put Tibau’s back to the cage, but it
doesn’t last long. Tibau pops his man with short left hands in the
tie-up while working an underhook with his right arm. Referee Mario
Yamasaki breaks up the clinch with 3:30 on the clock. Tibau catches
a front kick, spins Hallmann around but can’t capitalize. Tibau
snaps back Hallmann’s head with a stright right, backs up to the
fence and spins Hallmann around as the Pole steps in with a
knee.

The lightweights pummel for position, winding up in another
stalemate before separating with two minutes to go. Hallmann
initiates the clinch this time, gets spun around and widens his
base to defend a Tibau double-leg. Tibau whiffs as he exits with a
spining elbow, and the 155ers go back to the clinch, where Hallmann
drives a pair of hard knees up the middle.

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Round 3

Tibau finds the mark with a left hand before changing levels and
plowing Hallmann to the ground. Hallmann scoots over to the fence
and stands again, but he can’t escape Tibau’s clutches. The
lightweights split with about three minutes left in the fight, and
Hallmann closes in on Tibau near the fence. A high knee from
Hallmann opens up a cut on Tibau’s left eyebrow, and referee Mario
Yamasaki wants the doctor to check it. The fight resumes with Tibau
on the outside in the clinch, but ref Yamasaki quickly realizes his
error and puts Hallmann on the outside. Tibau brings Hallmann to
the ground but again can’t hold him there. They’re back on their
feet with one minute left, Hallmann backing Tibau toward the fence
with high kicks and punches. Tibau changes levels for a double-leg
and winds up eating elbows from the sprawling Hallmann. Tibau
switches to a single-leg in the final seconds, then stands up to
press Hallmann against the cage as time expires.

The Official Result

Round 1

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Arlovski teed off on Silva.

Silva stakes out the center of the cage while Arlovski steps just
outside and lunges in with a right hand. Silva counters with a
short right of his own and misses with a low kick as the “Pitbull”
steps out of range. Arlovski throws an oblique kick and ducks in
with a nice right hand to exchange places. Silva reclaims the
center, Arlovski circling around him, and now the former UFC champ
hits Silva with a right to the body. A right hook scores for
Arlovski, then a straight shot as “Bigfoot” stands relatively still
in front of him. Midway through the round, Arlovski finds the mark
on Silva’s chin with an uppercut.

Silva gets one back with a right hook and then marches forward to
push Arlovski toward the fence. Arlovski drops Silva with a
blistering right straight, then follows the Brazilian to the ground
and pounds him unconscious with three or four massive hammer fists
until referee Jerin Valel comes in for a late stoppage.